Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1216
Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation
- Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (IPS) - From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women. From the first woman prime minister and the first woman judge in the Middle East in 1959, Iraq has slipped to a place where an abnormal number of widows struggle, and where child marriages are on the rise. Hanaa Edwar is putting up a fight to win Iraqi women their freedoms again.
Digging for Water, But Striking Oil
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 16 (IPS) - The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil.
National Legislation Key to Combating Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 16 (IPS) - A majority of major economies have made significant progress in addressing climate change, with countries like South Korea and China taking aggressive action so they can benefit from energy- and resource-efficient economies, a new report released Monday found.
Mideast Energy Crisis Looks For Light at the End of the Tunnel
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 15 (IPS) - When Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah took the podium to address world political and business leaders at a back-to-back energy and water summit here, she said she was representing a country that relies on imports for over 90 percent of its energy needs.
Kurdish Rights Back in Focus in Turkey
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (IPS) - After over a year without accountability for a Turkish aerial bombing that killed 34 Kurdish men and boys, Turkey has come under heavy criticism for what many say is a widespread culture of impunity, especially when it comes to the treatment of its Kurdish citizens.
Syrian Refugees Face Storms With Cardboard
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Jan 15 (IPS) - Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after heavy storms this past week, and two of the children are suffering from fevers and chest infections.
Despite Immigration Reform, Travel Still Tricky for Cubans
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 14 (IPS) - Maria Lourdes, a Cuban, has two passports, one from the island and another from Spain, but until now traveling was only a dream.
Hugo Chavez and Colombia's Peace
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Jan 14 (IPS) - Colombia has suffered an internal armed conflict for so many decades that it almost amounts to a "forgotten crisis" for external donors. But the president of neighbouring Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is well aware of the conflict, and understands that it destabilises Latin America, where centre-left governments proliferate.
South Africa-Brazil Trade Partnership Hits Potholes
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 12 (IPS) - As the five members of the BRICS group of emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – tighten ranks and seek to expand their global influence, the inevitable trade spats have begun.
Obama to Accelerate Handover to Afghan Army
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - President Barack Obama announced Friday that U.S. forces will accelerate the transfer of primary security responsibilities to their Afghan counterparts and take on an exclusively support and training role beginning this spring.
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